Quote Originally Posted by Morningstar1337 View Post
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That's true. It crossed my mind that Varis may be the "world ending" kind of villain that we've come to know from previous FF titles, but I'm hesitant to commit to that interpretation of his character. For one, we don't really know much about him yet, as we've really only had the one encounter with him. He did show that he is willing to commit genocide to stop the summoning of false gods, but I'm not sure that's his primary goal. His approach to stopping Bismark was more of a logical conclusion than an emotionally driven hatred; so, it's hard to see him, at this point, making the leap to: "Welp, all these false gods everywhere... might as well burn the world to a cinder."

At this point, it's kind of hard to say. I think the question will be is the Garlean goal purely conquest, or is it to stop Primals? Basically, is the Garlean conquest a means of stopping all summonings, or are Tribal summonings a stone in the path to their goal of conquest, so they must be stopped for the real goal to be achieved? The motivation behind their aggression will give us some insight into how far they are willing to take it.